Through championship games, late-night phone calls, and moments neither of them knows how to explain, their friendship begins to shift into something deeper. When distance, expectations, and the fear of ruining the one relationship that matters most threaten to pull them apart, Macklin and Y/N are forced to face the truth they’ve been avoiding for years.
In a town that expects him to follow in his Olympic-medalist father’s footsteps, Y/N has spent his whole life training to become hockey’s next big star. With scouts watching and a championship season underway, the pressure to live up to his father—who also coaches the team—begins to feel suffocating. As Y/N questions his father’s controlling methods and clashes with a talented new transfer player who refuses to see him as the coach’s favorite, tensions rise both on and off the ice. Now, during h
Between family rivalries, teammates who push him harder than ever, and a childhood friend who’s suddenly impossible to ignore, Ethan’s about to discover that some goals aren’t measured in points—they’re measured in hearts.
Raised in the shadows of the San Jose Sharks locker room, Mateo “Teo” Reyes never had a normal childhood—only ice rinks, broken promises, and a team that became his family. Now 18 and on the edge of the NHL Draft, he has everything to prove… and a past that refuses to stay off the ice.
The Bennett twins have always been inseparable on and off the ice—but as scouts arrive, a new baby looms, and hidden rivalries simmer, cracks begin to form between them that threaten everything they’ve built. In the chaos of high-stakes games, family pressure, and first love, they’ll have to decide whether brotherhood can survive the ice… or if winning has a higher cost than they ever imagined.
The last person he expects to break through his carefully built walls is the quiet intern who refuses to treat him like he’s untouchable… and might be the only one who sees exactly where he’s breaking.
But no one ever told Will Smith what it would feel like to chase everything he’s ever wanted… while risking the one person who’s been there since the start.
Kennedy Blake has spent most of her life proving herself on the ice—first against boys, then under the weight of her brothers’ NHL fame. Now a high school senior on a girls’ hockey team, she’s fast, relentless, and expected to be unstoppable. But when she meets Sienna, a quiet, artistic classmate who doesn’t play hockey at all, Kennedy discovers there’s a world beyond the rink—and a connection that challenges everything she thought she knew about herself.
Evan Hayes, a top college hockey prospect, has his future mapped out—until he meets his coach’s quiet, perceptive son, Noah. As their connection grows, Evan is forced to confront feelings he’s long ignored, putting his identity and career at risk. He must choose between the life he’s planned and the truth he’s afraid to face.
Tate Andersson has spent his life learning how to stop everything coming his way. But nothing prepared him for leaving the one person who never needed to be saved.
One rule. Three players. And a team already starting to crack under the pressure. Because the fastest way to lose a game… is to turn on each other. And Lena? She might be the reason they do.
In a town where football is faith and tradition is law, Elijah Jones was never meant to stand out—only to follow. But when a chance trip to a frozen rink awakens something no one in his family understands, he laces up for a game his town has never cared about. Now, with ten brothers watching and a future already decided for him, Elijah has to choose between the life he was built for… and the one he skates toward every time he touches the ice.
They called him “Baby Shark” before he ever touched NHL ice—but during his rookie lap, with the entire arena watching for him to fail, Luca Reyes has one chance to prove he’s more than just a nickname.
It stayed like that, at first. Stolen moments. Locked doors. No labels. No expectations. Just heat and tension and the quiet understanding that neither of them was asking the questions that mattered. But things change. They always do.
Mateo Varga was born into a legacy he never asked for. As the son of one of the greatest goalies in NHL history, every save, every mistake, and every moment on the ice is measured against a name that isn’t fully his.
At seven feet tall, Elias Varek dominates the NHL in ways no one dares challenge—ferocious on the ice, untouchable off it. But behind the roar of the crowd and the chaos of the rink, only one person sees the man beneath the armor: his adoptive mother. When sports journalist Kiera Donovan enters his world, Elias is forced to confront the walls he’s built around himself—and the softer truths he’s never allowed anyone else to see.
He crossed a border to prove he was more than just another Canadian hockey prodigy—but at Westbrook Academy, the real challenge isn’t the game. It’s the rivalry in his own house, the pressure to live up to expectations, and the one girl who refuses to be impressed by him.